146 Fates Allowed I (1/2)
The door to the treatment room opened before dawn. Chief Ye walked out, and both Ah Zhen and Ying Yi entered the room to attend after the Princess. Chief Ye raised a brow as she noticed the strange air around her grandson and Jiang Xiao Tian.
”What is it with you two?” Chief Ye asked her grandson.
Prince Lu Wei shook his head. ”It's nothing.” He was relieved that his grandmother had come out of the room, or else, Jiang Xiao Tian would not stop staring at him as he waited for his answer. Prince Lu Wei had chosen to keep his mouth shut in response to Jiang Xiao Tian's question about the clan. He made a mental note to discuss the matter with his grandmother when they were alone.
Jiang Xiao Tian chose to look away when Chief Ye turned to him with a questioning gaze. Soon, an assistant walked in with Han Zhenting. When Chef Ye saw the physician, she immediately went to him and explained the Princess' condition.
Han Zhenting sighed in relief upon hearing that the treatment had completed. He frowned when he looked at the jar of glass with odd-looking bugs. It was the first time Han Zhenting get to see the cold bug with his eyes. He had heard stories of how the venom from the creature can be used as a poison. However, he had never known that the bug could live in a human body and laid eggs.
Not long after, Princess Lingchen walked out with Ying Yi and Ah Zhen beside her. The room went silent as everyone's attention turned to the Princess.
Han Zhenting was the first one to speak, ”Come, let me look at you.”
Princess Lingchen went to her grandfather's side and let him check her pulse. Han Zhenting's expression shifted between shocked and admiration. He asked the Princess some questions, and when he finished, there was a smile on his face. ”I could not trace any abnormalities from your pulse.”
”Yes. Ying Yi had checked and said there was nothing wrong with my body,” Princess Lingchen said.
Previously, Ying Yi had stayed in the room to check on her body condition. Other than some redness behind the Princess' body which caused by cupping technique, there was nothing unusual with her.
Chief Ye stroked her chin in respond. ”The poisonous bug has been extracted. Later, I will give you a prescription to nurse Her Highness' back to health.”
Han Zhenting nodded as he laughed. He was a bit disappointed when he could not join to look at how Chief Ye treat the poison. However, he had forgotten about his unhappiness once he saw that his granddaughter's condition had gotten better.
”I will be staying in Da Cheng for another week,” Chief Ye announced. Then she turned to the Crown Princess. ”If you have any discomfort, you can look for me.”
Han Zhenting invited everyone else to have breakfast. Then, before the sun rises, Princess Lingchen left with Jiang Xiao Tian and her maidservant to head back to the palace, while Chief Ye and Prince Lu Wei headed back to the inn, escorted by a man assigned by Jiang Xiao Tian.
It was early. The temperature was cold, and there were not many people on the street. Once they returned to the inn, Chief Ye summoned a few of her people from the clan to discussed something. The meeting did not take too long before it adjourned. Before Prince Lu Wei could head over his room to get some rest, Chief Ye stopped him.